Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to be slow towards, be long-enduring; to exercise patience, be long-suffering, clement, or indulgent, to forbear, Mt. 18:26, 29; 1 Cor. 13:4; 1 Thess. 5:14; 2 Pet. 3:9; to have patience, endure patiently, wait with patient expectation, Heb. 6:15; Jas. 5:7, 8; to bear long with entreaties for deliverance and avengement, Lk. 18:7*
Translated in KJV as
bear (suffer) longbe longsufferinghave (long) patiencebe patientpatiently endure
Etymology
from the same as G3116 (μακροθυμώς);
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